Here Comes
The Night

IF HE SLEEPS : THEY DIE.

A lone figure on a rooftop looking over the city skyline at dusk

Here Comes the Night

IF HE SLEEPS : THEY DIE.

Raul turning to look back over his shoulder

MEET : RAUL

A father and his young son outdoors
Raul and his wife lying together

AN ORDINARY DADWITH A WIFE ANDA YOUNG SON

A worker beside a days-without-incident sign
Vast warehouse aisles

BY DAY he worksin a WAREHOUSE

A cab on the road at night
Driver's view through the windscreen at night

ALL NIGHT hedrives UBER

Tired eyes reflected in a rear-view mirror
A man plunging his head into a sink of cold water

HE HASN'T SLEPTIN days

One night HE COMES HOMETO find that his familyare MISSING

A wall telephone, handset off the hook

THE PHONERINGSa voice tells him…

HIS familyHAVE BEENkidnappedTO FIND THEM He MUSTHUNT FOR THE TRUTH

A scratched photograph of his family

The twist?

If he Sleeps, THEY DIE.

Raul, bruised, on a city street at night

SO BEGINS RAUL'S NIGHTMARESEARCHING FOR HIS FAMILYWHILE FIGHTINGTO STAY AWAKE

A man pressing a hand to his exhausted face
A blurred, swimming view of a bar

AT FIRSTDISORIENTATINGEXHAUSTION

A sweating man hunched over a sink
Blurred figures swimming past

Followed byDELIRIUMdelusion

Smeared, doubled lights
A woman's face lit by passing lights in a car

MEMORY LOSSHALLUCINATIONS

Raul leaning from a car, hand to his head
Extreme close-up of an eye

The longerhe's awakeTHE deeper Thenightmare

A torn photograph of his family

BUT WHO HASTAKEN HIS FAMILY?…And WHY?

A neon-lit fairground at night
A diner's OPEN neon sign at night

To find outRAUL must Facesecretsfrom aformer life…

A face distorted through a glass lens
A bloodied hand against a cracked mirror

returning to ADARK & VIOLENTMafia UNDERWORLDHE THOUGHT HEHAD ESCAPED

A masked man levelling a shotgun
A bloodied man crying out

WHERE old SCORESMust BE SETTLED

A man cradling a wounded woman
A grim discovery

AND DEMONSCONFRONTED

Raul holding someone close in a doorway

BUT can HE SAVETHEM Before it'stoo late?

Raul gazing out of a high window

THE CLOCK : IS TICKING…

The city skyline at sunrise

Summary

A man is forced to stay awake indefinitely or his family will be killed. This story turns sleep deprivation into a brutal, instantly grabbing thriller premise rooted in the always-on, zero-hours economy. Escalating real-time demands, shrinking margins for error, and mounting physical and psychological collapse drive each episode forward, while the mystery behind the punishment is gradually revealed. Every hour ends with irreversible deterioration or revelation, pulling the audience through a tightly contained six-part arc set over 72 hours with sustained tension, emotional stakes, and binge-driven momentum.

Writer's Statement

Copy to come from Chris.

Series Arc

Copy to come from Chris.

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